Hand brush



sept. 17, 1929. o, ABERLE 1,728,712

HAND BRUSH F'led March 9, 1929 Patented Sept`.`\l7, 1929 y i i i n' UNITED srA'rEs PATENT OFFICE OTTO ABERLE, OF TUTTLINGEN. GERMANY i l HAND BRUSH Application led March 9, 1929, Serial No. 345,755. and in Germany February 1, 1928.

The present invention relates to i1nprove- On the bristle sides the brushes a and o ments in handbrushes', which with respect to are formed in the shape of a trough. One the brushes of known construction offersthe trough for instance that of the brush b is advantage of facilitating especially the cleancurved to a greater extent than the other so s ing of the fingers. y that it can ybe moresuitable for cleaning the The handbrushes hitherto known consist `surface of the hand. The brush b with the of a single brush provided at one or two sides ygreater curved trough is tapered as ,shownk with bristles and shaped so as to render the in Fig. 3 in the direction toward the hinge folthorough cleaning of the fingers from all lowing the usual form of the lingers.

le sides a, dilficulttask. According to the pres- Vhat l claim is: r n GO ent invention the cleaning process is mate? l. A handbrush comprising a` pair yof Y rially facilitated by providing two singley brushes,` eachhaving a concave surface in brushes which by a suitable connection, such which bristles are secured, the surface of one as a hinge, can be moved in such a position brush havingfa greater radius of curvature Cil that the bristlesl of one brush are directed than the Surface of the other; and a hinge e5` against the bristles of the other brush. In Iiointsecuring the ends of the brushes so that the open position itis possible to cleanthe theypinay be folded together in closedposi-y surfaces of the hand. As the hinge is in the tion with the concave surfaces facing each forni of a link it is possible to clean all sides f other. 5 of the finders,the'link being inclined more or 2. A handbrush ycomprising a pairk of 70 less to adjust the brushes to the size and thickbrushes,y each having a concave surface in ness of the fingers. whichbristles are securechthe surface of one The invention is i11ustmted-0nthe drawbrush having a greater radius of curvature ing which Shows one form thereof, i than the Surface Of the Otllcl, the SurfaCe 0f Figs. 1 and Q Show the twodiferent Ways one brush beingtapered relative to thelength k75 of using the brush. thereof; and a hinge joint securing the ends Fig. 3 is a top view of the brush. of the brushes sothat they may befolded back Fig, 4 is a longitudinal section through the t0 lOJCl 0I' tOgGthGl' HClOSeClPOSiOD- y' brush in open position. In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

3o Fig. 5 is a front view ofthe brush in the OTTO ABERLE. f .J0 position for cleaning the fingers. y

The handbrush of the present invention consists of the two single brushesy a and 7), hinged together so that they may be used as seen in Fig. 1 forcleaning the surface of the 85 hand and fingers or as shown in Figs. 2 and f 5 against the brushes of the other brush for cleaning the individual fingers.

A link c serves as a hinge being pivotally n r y connected with the brushes a and ZJ by means l l f y 90 ofk pins (Z. The use of al link as a hinge i renders it possible that the two brushes a and I) when used for ycleaning the fingers may be adjusted into certain variable positions by the fingers vary. The link c allows ther brushes to be positioned back to back as in Fig. l in which position the brushes may be used for cleaning the surface of the hand and more or less inclining the link c, as the size of y f .95

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